Little Hands Montessori Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844376805
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Richland, MI, USA
Phone
2699675024
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Kindergarten, Preschool, Nursery School, Early Admissions

Reported finances

Revenue
$127,820
Expenses
$103,201
Assets
$41,892

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANDREA ZERILLI (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • REBECCA LEE SANCHEZ (DIRECTOR/LEA)
  • VALERIE GUERRA (LITERACY SPE)
  • BEATA GUERRA (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To thrive as a warm bilingual environment that fosters children's natural development; sustains children for three years; prepares them for first grade; forms a love of learning; and lays a foundation for life.

What it reported doing in 2024

"canta y baila conmingo" this is an after school parent/child spanish music class that we offer 3 times a year. Each session is 8 weeks in length. The purpose of this program is intended to bring parents and children together to learn in a fun environment. This is also used as a tool for us to bring awareness to our school.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.5%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 91.1%; rating input score 91

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.3%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 66.4%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.1% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.5% of revenue deployed · 91.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $94K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.